Last updated 2026-07-21
- Acquired by YouNow, Dec 2017
- Raised $3.5B debt round led by Barclays, Mar 2025
- Raised $5B debt round led by J.P. Morgan, Sep 2024
Total raised
$8.5B
Stage
Acquired
Founded
2016
Headcount
1-10
HQ
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies
About
SwitchRTC is a solution for real-time distribution of video to a large audience serving realtime, low-delay, interactive video CDN (WebRTC CDN) as well as large-scale multiparty video collaboration for B2B and B2C applications. SwitchRTC was originally designed for scale featuring a cloud-native decomposed architecture of microservices, allowing for dynamic scaling and geographical load distribution, as servers may run in different physical locations. SwitchRTC was acquired by YouNow.
Funding history · 2 rounds · $8.5B total
2025-03
Debt Financing
$3.5B
★ Barclays★ RBC Capital Markets★ Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC★ Wells Fargo Securities, LLC★ Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
2024-09
Debt Financing
$5.0B
★ J.P. Morgan★ ING Capital★ TD Securities
Headcount over time
From 2 (2017-01) to 1 (2018-06) · -1 (-50%) · 3 points · source: Finder history + radar grounding
Q&A
- What is SwitchRTC's primary business?
- SwitchRTC provides a WebRTC-based Selective Forwarding Unit solution for real-time distribution of video to large audiences, serving as a low-delay, interactive video CDN and supporting large-scale multiparty video collaboration for B2B and B2C applications.
- When was SwitchRTC founded?
- SwitchRTC was founded in July 2016.
- What is the current status of SwitchRTC?
- SwitchRTC was acquired by YouNow in December 2017 and is currently inactive.
- Who acquired SwitchRTC?
- SwitchRTC was acquired by YouNow in December 2017.
- What is SwitchRTC's primary sector?
- SwitchRTC's primary sector is Media & Entertainment Technologies.
- Who is a co-founder of SwitchRTC?
- Amir Zmora is a Co-founder & CEO of SwitchRTC.
Team · 1
Sectors & technology
Primary sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies
Sub-sectors
Media & Entertainment TechnologiesDigital Content Production
Technologies
Data StorageCDNCommunications
Target customers
Enterprise & Professional ServicesConsumers
Business model
B2BB2C
Highlights
Verified
Tags
schoolsenterprisesservice-providersvoiptelecommunicationcontent-providers
Full data — links, identifiers, deals & radar signals (jobs, patents, research, more)
External links
| linkedin.com/company/10691799 | |
| facebook.com/SwitchRTC | |
| YouTube | youtube.com/channel/UCIVFii3IXdjgUHT064wq3IA |
Identifiers & details
| Founded | 2016-7 |
|---|---|
| Status reason | Acquired (Inactive) by YouNow on Dec 2017 - closed due to acquisition |
Acquisitions & public offerings
Acquired by YouNow 2017-12
Radar intelligence
Israeli Companies Registrar (רשם החברות / ICA)
| Registrar # (ח.פ.) | 515525509 |
|---|---|
| Status | מחוסלת מרצון — CLOSED |
| Corp type | ישראלית חברה פרטית |
| Incorporated | 2016-09-19 |
| Purpose | לעסוק בכל עיסוק חוקי |
| Liability | מוגבלת |
| In violation (unfiled) | no |
| Last annual report | 2024 |
| Active charges / liens | 0 |
| Registry events | 0 |
| Registered address | דרך בגין 121 תל אביב - יפו |